Heartache comes to every team at some time...

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Heartache comes to every team at some time...

Post by bornadore57 »

...or so it seems. Please correct any misinformation.

2007 - Vandy vs. Michigan in the Super Regionals. Vandy ranked number one. Game three - Michigan makes some tremendous defensive plays in the bottom of the ninth with the game tied at three. In the top of the tenth, a Michigan sub batting less than .200 with one home run all year hits his second. Vandy can't recover and loses. The Vandy pitcher - all-time great David Price.

2016 - Coming off of a 2014 national championship and a 2015 national runner-up, the Vandyboys were set to host a regional. The day before the game, Donny Everette passed. Team lost in the regionals. Of course, no baseball game can match the heartache of that lost life.

2021 - I sat six rows behind the Vandyboys' dugout in Omaha. Jack Leiter pitched the most incredible game I've ever witnessed. Vandy lost to North Carolina State 1-0. What might have been?

Yes, even our ultra-successful Vandyboys cause our hearts to ache every now and then. Nothing is guaranteed. Not even tomorrow.


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I thought the Michigan kid had never hit a home run. And he was a senior.
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Also, 2013. Vandy wins the SEC regular season championship with an all-time best record of 26-3, and Tony Kemp is named SEC Player of the Year. After being pushed in the regional by Georgia Tech, Vandy is swept in the super regional at home by Louisville.
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